Sameet Thakkar's brother meets Maha Guv after he was arrested a 3rd time over tweets

After Nagpur resident Sameet Thakkar was arrested for third time, his bror Rishi Thakkar on Thursday Maharashtra met goverr Bhagat Singh Koshyari seeking his intervention. Thakkar was arrested by Mumbai's BKC cyber police on Tuesday, for same objectionable tweets against Shiv Sena Supremo Uddhav Thackeray and son - Aaditya, as per reports. Being arrested for third time in 17 days, Thakkar was initially booked for same tweets on 2 July, based on several complaints.

Here is a visual of meeting:

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Thakkar sent to 6-day police custody

After being arrested by Mumbai's VP Road police in same case, was sent to 6-day police custody by a Mumbai court. Thakkar was arrested by Mumbai police on October 24 and n re-arrested after he got bail in a case based on objectionable tweets. Reports state that Thakkar's most recent arrest was based on a complaint by Dharmendra Mishra, a lawyer attached with Shiv Sena.

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Thakkar brought to court 'bound'

In a shocking visual, Thakkar was brought to court today, bound; with a black cloth covering his face. This has shocked netizens, including BJP MP Varun Gandhi who asked 'Is he a danger to nation?', terming it 'against tenet of humanity'. Thakkar's bror - Rishi opined, "It's human rights' violation by police as my bror's hands were tied & face was covered with black cloth when he was brought to court today. y treating him way hardcore terrorist is treated".

Sameet Thakkar sent to 6 days police custody for his tweets against Thackerays

What did Thakkar tweet?

Thakkar, who has over 63,000 followers on Twitter and is followed by PM Narendra Modi had referred to CM Uddhav Thackeray as 'Modern day Aurangazeb', while referring to Aaditya as 'Penguin beta’ in his tweets on June 1, 30 and July 30.  Several complaints were filed by citizens taking objection to Thakkar's tweets - calling it 'vulgar and obscene', as per reports. Reports state that Police booked Thakkar are under sections 292 (obscene acts or words in public), 500 (defamation) of Indian Penal Code, and 67 (publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form) of Information Techlogy Act. Several Twitterati lashed out at Thakkar, while many ors have come out in support using #BabyPenguin, which has been trending on Twitter.

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Challenging FIR against him, Thakkar approached Bombay High Court to seek cancellation of FIR and avoid arrest - which ordered him to record his statement. Thakkar complied with court's direction but n escaped VP Road police station citing fear of arrest by cyber cell. court asked Thakkar to visit police station again on October 16 which he didn't.  This led to his arrest on 24 October with him being in police custody till date.